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Land grabs and carbon offsetting schemes have sent land prices soaring, putting a strain on farmers, rural communities and food production, and threatening food security globally. Since the financial crash of 2007-08, global land prices…
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In the last week, two new centres dedicated to smart proteins have opened in Bengaluru, India, aimed at incubating alternative protein startups and helping them manufacture and commercialise their products. India has the third-largest…
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The UK's Food Standards Agency is set to announce plans to introduce a "sliding scale" mechanism for the regulatory approval of novel foods, which will take into account products' track record internationally. As regulation around…
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A Danish court has thrown out a case brought by a woman who claimed her rights were violated after a hospital did not offer adequate vegan options during her pregnancy. Despite one district court recognising veganism as a protected…
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The EU's corporate watchdog has finalised its guidelines on the requirements for investment funds to use environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) in their names, in an effort to combat greenwashing. The European…
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Recent lawsuits say Arrowhead, Evian, Poland Spring, and other water bottlers are deceiving customers. By Joseph Winters Is bottled water really “natural” if it’s contaminated with microplastics? A series of lawsuits recently filed…
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Lidl Netherlands has completed a successful pilot experiment by placing plant-based analogues next to meat in stores. The results? A 7% sales growth. Discount retailer Lidl is continuing its recent efforts to ramp up its vegan product…
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People's decisions when eating out are heavily impacted by the dining environments they're in – here's how foodservice operators can nudge plant-based choices. A host of trials recently have shown the power of behavioural science…
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Speaking on his Prof G Pod, marketing expert and professor Scott Galloway laid out the steps plant-based meat brands need to take to secure their future. Scott Galloway is a man known for being right when it comes to the business world.…
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Czech media outlets are vastly underreporting the link between food and climate change, despite the sector contributing to 7.6% of the country's emissions. The food system is responsible for a third of global greenhouse gas emissions,…
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Beef is on the chopping block (so to speak) at Cannes, one of the world's biggest film festivals, whose organisers acknowledge it is the "biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions" in the food system. While there may be some beef over…
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Israeli startup PoLoPo has filed for USDA approval of its molecular farming platform, which genetically engineers potatoes to produce egg proteins within the plant. PoLoPo is pursuing regulatory approval in the US for its molecular…
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Finnish biotech startup Enifer has received €24M in new investments to support the construction of a commercial-scale facility for its Pekilo mycoprotein. It expects to receive EU novel food approval by 2026. The latest set of funding…
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Food and climate journalist Thin Lei Win speaks to Ian Urbina, executive editor of The Outlaw Ocean Project, about the organisation's investigation into India's shrimp farming industry. On March 20, The Outlaw Ocean Project, a…
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Two food waste warriors let us in on their efforts to turn surplus food into a sustainable dining experience in a city that throws out over a million tonnes of food each year. Hong Kong may be known as Asia's World City, a melting pot…
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In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Revo Foods' new salmon analogue, a new vegan doner kebab, and Good…
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The global economic damage brought by climate change is six times greater than previously thought, according to a new white paper. If the world continues on its current path of consumption and planetary destruction, it will lead to…
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South Korea's constitutional court today held its final hearing on four landmark cases brought by the public against the government's inaction on climate change. Experts say this could set a precedent. The South Korean government is…
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The Singapore Food Agency has granted a food production licence to ScaleUp Bio's commercial-scale facility for submerged- and precision-fermented ingredients. ScaleUp Bio has received a food manufacturing licence from Singapore's…
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Israel is becoming a major hotspot for alternative proteins, accounting for 10% of the sector's investments last year, and expected to net $2.5B to the national economy by 2030, according to a new report. A robust research landscape,…
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British fossil fuel producer Shell's flagship carbon facility – built on taxpayer money – has sold over $200M worth of emissions credits for reductions that never happened. Shell, one of the world's largest oil and gas companies, has…
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